Introduction to group theory/Uniqueness of Inverses

Proof

Let $G$ be a group and let $g,a,b \in G$ such that $a*g=e=g*a$ and $b*g=e=g*b$ . Then substituting we obtain $a*g=b*g$ . By right cancellation $a=b$ .

Q.E.D.

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